Contemplating.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Sepia Saturday - 11 Aug 2012 - Le Madame

From Alan's prompt this week atSepia Saturdaywhere one can escape what isfor what was!

but shouldn't there be a destination?

Why not begin on a Shoo-fly at Madame Boyle's in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

A shoo fly (like a deck) is built around the oak tree and takes its name from the French word choufleur, meaning cauliflower.

Note: a shoo-fly is also a child's rocker having a seat surrounded by sides.So while on the subject of things from Francelet's concentrate on

women that use their personal skills to advance to elite status -

and gain the title

of

MADAME

(Okay I must confess that the meaning of/behind the wordmadame has been in my thoughts since this week'sMagpie tales, and "madame" has been circulating ever since.)

Defined as - a title or form of address used of or to a French speaking woman - used as a courtesy title before her surname, especially a married woman.

1884

John Singer Sargent'sPortrait ofMadame X

"Elle est Francaise."and her story of being Madame X

has consumed my attention

as it did many others before me.

Artists seemed to hold the key into a madame's private world

1898She hasn't changed much.

Antonio de La Gandara, portrait ofMadame Pierre Gantreau

What about those that weren't so famous?

WHO WERE THEY?

Were they all French?

Zaldivar

Madame Group

"Beauty is the purgation of superfluities."Michelangelo(Emerson, Conduct of Life "Beauty")

WHAT DIVERSIONS DID SHE SEEK?

all while maintaining grace and outstanding beauty.

Madame Lydia Yavorska

April 10, 1913

Was a Russian Actress and Theatrical Manager.

(I wonder did she speak French?)

"What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness."

Leo Tolstoy

The Kreutzer Sonata Ch.5

Madame Butterfly

was played by

Geraldine Farrar

An American soprano opera singer and a film actress.

Beauty will forever be in the eye of the beholder.......

Madame Largerorantz

What is your sex's earliest, latest care,Your heart's supreme ambition? - To be fair.George LytteltonAdvice to a Lady- (1731)he also quoted"Women, like princes find few real friends.""The lover in the husband may be lost."

Well I've learned sonething new again. I'd never heard of a shoofly before, what an interesting notion. As usual I loved all your pictures and well-chosen word. For some ereason Ethel Merman popped into my head with 'Call Me Madam'!

Great quotes and pictures. My favorite was the Madame X portrait by John Singer Sargent. He's of my favorite artists. I'm not familiar with the shoo-fly around the tree, but it looks like a fun idea for a garden party!

Hi :) I loved the shoo fly, and I think my daughter would love even more! Now, those dresses are gorgeous. Makes me believe I was born in the wrong century! (thanks for stopping by, and my dream car is a WV Beatle - goes anywhere, low maintenance, etc.. ) :)

The shoofly information was new to me....such a collection of photos and thoughts....what about that old child's song, "shoe fly don"t bother me...I belong to company B" something like that.?? BTW I like the new photo atop your blog

I've learned a few things today (shoo fly) and enjoyed this journey in the female world. Since I speak french, yes, I expect Madame to be the formal way to address a woman, but the connotation of a brothel does come to mind too... After all, they've always been around, in one form or another, a source of desolation for some, power for others.:)~ HUGZ